Impacts of New Technologies on Free-To-Air Tv Industry: Lessons from Selected Country Cases

Authors

  • Esther Menezes Science and Technology Policy Division at Unicamp
  • Ruy de Quadros Carvalho Science and Technology Policy Division at Unicamp

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242009000400007

Keywords:

technological change, diffusion of new technologies, information and communication technologies, free-to-air TV broadcasting, terrestrial television industry, digital terrestrial TV technology, market structure, media plurality or diversity, regulation.

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the impacts of new technologies, especially of the digital TV, on the industry of terrestrial TV in selected countries. Taking the evolution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a background scenario, the transformations provoked by digitization of TV on the following aspects are analyzed: (i) the market structure of terrestrial TV (or free-to-air TV broadcasting), (ii) the plurality and diversity of TV programming. Based on secondary data and on recent studies on the technological trajectory of terrestrial TV in selected countries, one concludes that digital TV may provide great opportunities for development in such industry, but the magnitude of its benefits is strongly conditioned by socioeconomic factors and by how the service was regulated. Such findings may contribute to Brazilian debate on development opportunities opened by technological change to the television sector.

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Author Biographies

Esther Menezes, Science and Technology Policy Division at Unicamp

MSc in Science and Technology Policy at Unicamp - University of Campinas

Ruy de Quadros Carvalho, Science and Technology Policy Division at Unicamp

PhD Professor at Science and Technology Policy Division at Unicamp - University of Campinas

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2009-12-03

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Menezes, E., & Carvalho, R. de Q. (2009). Impacts of New Technologies on Free-To-Air Tv Industry: Lessons from Selected Country Cases. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 4(4), 82–94. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242009000400007

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